Hi BOB (of 1:123/140),
On , in a message to All you wrote:

 BG>  Soon you just become a silly Bob taking pictures for the album and
 BG> are  BG>  completely ignored.  Now you can get a picture of Joe 
 BG> interacting with  Aunt Martha where Joe is the obvious center of 
 BG> interest, and Aunt Marthas interest in Joe is being shown, where 
 BG> they are having their conversation, who else is there, time of day 
 BG> and even the food on the picnic table. You are not required to tell 
 BG> anyone what is going on with words, you have told the whole story 
 BG> with a picture.

 BG>  That's just my opinion on a grouchy morning..


..speaking of "picture stories", do you know the name of the
photographer who would take snapshots of say.. a card game going on, every
30 seconds or so, and then assemble each individual print into a collage
sometimes overlapping another image slightly, to render a rather unique
result that would basically revealed the WHOLE card game "story"
at a glance?  The effect was rather stunning: you could see all the moves
of each player, their entire surroundings, and have the satisfaction of
seeing the whole game.  Each collage could easily consist of over 100
prints.  

I was really impressed with the effect.  It would be like seeing a complete
movie in just a few seconds.  Our minds are capable of processing images so
quickly!  Another wonderful result was that the collage itself was
beautiful to look at.

This was way before digital photography came along.   I remember seeing a
book of his work, and a TV special (on PBS?), but this was over 8 years ago
now.

...August

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